September 23, 2015 GOWRIE, WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA VOL. 125 NO. 38

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Gowrie Disc Golf Course completed;new amenity added The Gowrie Disc Golf Course installation cer-emony will be coming soon. Although the course has been installed since Labor Day weekend, I just wanted to inform everyone officially that it has been completed and tested and ap-proved by many residents of Gowrie and the surrounding area, said Phil DeCastro, coordinator for the project. I would like to recognize the groups and busi-nesses that helped make this happen by sponsoring the holes on the course, said DeCastro. Businesses contributing to the disc golf course were: POET, Prairie Valley School Board, Heartland Bank, Heartland Insurance, Macke Gowrie, Gowrie News, Security Savings, Farm & Town insurance; Design Electronics, Gowrie Family Chiroprac-tor, Bruntlett Elevator, Marvs Market Street Bar & Grill, Engquist Lumber, American Legion Post 431, Sons of American Legion Squadron 431, and Kelly Halsted. It only took two months from the first spon-sor asked to the last basket that was put into the ground, which was obviously immediately followed by the first disc thrown into it by DeCastro. This new recreational activity has already made an impact on providing one more thing for people to do in Gowrie.

The Gowrie Disc Golf Course has only been installed for more than a week, but has been enjoyed by many people of all ages.

By Jill Viles The Prairie Valley School Board met the eve-ning of Sept. 16 to address several pending issues regard-ing the start of the 2015-2016 academic year. Initially, attention centered on results of a recent audit of the dis-trict. Though board secretary, Lisa Willardson de-scribed the process as very challenging, and superin-tendent, Lois Irwin, concurred the process was quite painful, it seems the figures were quite acceptable to district administrators and the board at large. New changes due to grade sharing with the Southeast Webster Grand School District have made the balancing of the books a bit more challenging. For ex-ample, this year the regis-tration was combined for both school districts allow-ing funds to be pooled into one miscellaneous holding account before checks are cut for specific programs. Currently the miscellaneous holding is higher than usual as many parents have added funds to student breakfast and lunch accounts. A d d i t i o n a l l y , with the new option of on-line enrollment, funds con-tinue to come in as more and more individuals seek out this expedited form of fee payment. Board President Shannon Miller, inquired, Are we all closed out for the last fiscal year? Wil-

Prairie Valley School Board reviewsaudit, whole grade sharing factorsSpecial education shortfalls reduced. . .

Callender woman earnsMasters at Morningside Brooke Mosher, Callender, received a Master of Arts in Teaching at Morningside College. Morningside College is a small, private college in Sioux City, Iowa, that offers students the opportunity to earn a bachelors degree in a variety of disciplines, or a masters degree in education.

Prairie Valley SchoolDistrict Budget set; Transportation costs rise The Prairie Valley School District budget (un-spent balance) for the coming year is $847,074. It was noted that a $1 million unspent balance would be opti-mum. Transportation costs are higher this year due to the extra cost of grade sharing. Another source of declin-ing revenue is the loss of open enrollment credits as the district cannot continue to claim middle and high school students who used to reside in the Southeast Webster Grand district, but open-enrolled to Prairie Valley be-cause the districts are in a whole grade sharing arrange-ment. Although a very small number of students trans-ferred out for various reasons, it was reported that district enrollment has remained steady.

lardson responded by pointing out, This districts ac-tivity fund never went into the negative. (This is only for the activity fund; the district had concerns that the purchase of new uniforms across the board would be a financial hardship, but it ended positive. ) The unspent balance total increased slightly this year. Additionally, the board questioned if all capital projects have been paid to date. Fortunately, it was in-dicated that this is true except for minor improvements such as the replacement of a door. However, Irwin indicated the air conditioning in the high school library is in dire need of replacement. If this is chosen to be replaced, estimated costs for the dis-trict are approximately $10,000. It was pointed out that we are near the close of summer temperatures, and the issue should be tabled for the time being. Irwin indicated that dilemmas such as this suggest a bigger picture dilemma. Do we keep put-ting money into costly repairs such as this, or do we con-sider the concept of a large remodel? With regard to personnel issues, Willardson ad-vised the board that Lisa Peterson, an associate at the el-ementary school, has offered her resignation. The board is thankful for her 17 years of service. It was pointed out that she has moved out of the area, and transportation is-sues may have played a key factor in her departure.Special eduction budget shortfalls reduced As typically is the case, the districts special

education budget experienced a short fall this year. The board can approve a resolution to levy for these required additional funds or the additional $2,400 can be taken out of the general fund. Board member, John Field, indicated the general fund can certainly handle a debit of $2,400. It was pointed out that the district has come a very long way in deterring special education shortfalls over the past four years. Just four years ago, the district faced a dire $261,000 overage for special education needs. The next year, the overage was cut more than half to approximate-ly $109,000, and two academic years ago, the overage was approximately $41,000. Changes in student population have played a

large part in the reduction in these numbers over the past years. It was indicated that particular students in any given year may require a very substantial amount of funding to participate academically. The demograph-ics may change signifi-cantly as students graduate or move on to other pro-grams. Of concern, the issue was raised that dur-ing a prior administration, shortages in the district may have led to inappro-priate coding of expenses to place these in the special education budget when these were not indicated to belong to special education services.

Board member, Jim Carlson, was critical of the fact that these discrepancies ever occurred. The board should be able to sit down with the auditors and look this over. Thats what were here for.President Miller con-curred. Our auditors today would never let this fly. Irwin indicated that this years board mem-bers will play an active role in the approval of the audit. Well ensure this happens this year, Irwin emphasized.As discussion on this topic closed, Willardson raised the concern that the $2,400 appeared correct of an ini-tial perusal of the budget, but urged that she needed to plug the figure back into the formula to see how the cell was weighted before making a final announcement that $2,400 was, in fact, the exact figure.

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Iowa Department of Management Webster County ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT County No: 94Form F638 - R (Published Summary) Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance -- Actual and BudgetFY 2014/2015 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended: June 30, 2015 9/16/2015Budget Accounting Basis: Special Capital Debt Actual BudgetedCASH General Revenue Projects Service Permanent Totals TotalsREVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) Taxes Levied on Property 1 7,693,190 4,074,990 135,976 11,904,156 11,932,073 1 Less: Uncollected Delinquent Taxes - Levy Year 2 0 2 Less: Credits to Taxpayers 3 442,678 206,516 7,644 656,838 516,500 3 Net Current Property Taxes 4 7,250,512 3,868,474 128,332 11,247,318 11,415,573 4 Delinquent Property Tax Revenue 5 -2,448 -398 -37 -2,883 5 Penalties, Interest & Costs on Taxes 6 109,839 109,839 110,500 6 Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues 7 473,200 2,521,635 8,043 3,002,878 2,894,147 7 Intergovernmental 8 4,545,059 5,218,348 11,629 9,609 9,784,645 10,285,454 8 Licenses & Permits 9 863 68,190 69,053 67,100 9 Charges for Service 10 924,257 23,289 947,546 948,015 10 Use of Money & Property 11 304,134 21,208 325,342 319,972 11 Miscellaneous 12 138,990 1,254,398 71,049 1,464,437 1,154,016 12 Subtotal Revenues 13 13,744,406 12,975,144 82,678 145,947 0 26,948,175 27,194,777 13Other Financing Sources: General Long-Term Debt Proceeds 14 0 14 Operating Transfers In 15 702,564 3,158,686 535,763 4,397,013 4,174,899 15 Proceeds of Capital Asset Sales 16 5,625 5,625 9,228 16 Total Revenues & Other Sources 17 14,446,970 16,139,455 82,678 681,710 0 31,350,813 31,378,904 17EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USESOperating: Public Safety and Legal Services 18 4,875,140 4,875,140 5,288,860 18 Physical Health Social Services 19 3,799,246 37,226 3,836,472 4,222,208 19 Mental Health, ID & DD 20 2,942,590 2,942,590 3,239,329 20 County Environment and Education 21 980,383 624,832 1,605,215 1,843,301 21 Roads & Transportation 22 7,898,520 7,898,520 7,960,000 22 Government Services to Residents 23 869,086 869,086 994,222 23 Administration 24 2,741,448 2,741,448 3,004,080 24 Nonprogram Current 25 0 150,000 25Debt Service 26 338,717 680,123 1,018,840 1,024,422 26Capital Projects 27 153,481 662,356 991,744 1,807,581 3,200,000 27 Subtotal Expenditures 28 13,418,784 12,504,241 991,744 680,123 0 27,594,892 30,926,422 28Other Financing Uses: Operating Transfers Out 29 1,155,912 3,024,587 216,514 4,397,013 4,174,899 29 Refunded Debt/Payments to Escrow 30 0 30 Total Expenditures & Other Uses 31 14,574,696 15,528,828 1,208,258 680,123 0 31,991,905 35,101,321 31

Changes in fund balances 32 -127,726 610,627 -1,125,580 1,587 0 -641,092 -3,722,417 32Beginning Fund Balance - July 1, 2014 33 7,440,004 6,372,015 1,249,739 1,658 15,063,416 11,979,993 33Increase (Decrease) in Reserves (GAAP Budget) 34 0 34 Fund Balance - Nonspendable 35 0 35 Fund Balance - Restricted 36 0 36 Fund Balance - Committed 37 0 37 Fund Balance - Assigned 38 0 38 Fund Balance - Unassigned 39 7,312,278 6,982,642 124,159 3,245 0 14,422,324 8,257,576 39Total Ending Fund Balance - June 30, 2015 40 7,312,278 6,982,642 124,159 3,245 0 14,422,324 8,257,576 40

Additional details are available at: County Auditor's Office701 Central Avenue; Fort Dodge, IA Telephone: 515-573-7175Notes to the financial statement, if any: Full report is available on website: www.webstercountyia.org

Webster County Annual Financial Report

Mark Klever, Dayton, reminisced about his friend Jane Thorngren, who is an accomplished opera singer in New York City. Jane is a 1965 graduate of the high school in Boxholm. She was born and raised on a farm near Pilot Mound. Mark was a very young teacher and coach at Boxholm. James inspiration was probably her mother who played organ and piano at church while also leading the church choir. Jane starting singing at age 3. Jane did receive music degrees at Drake and USC. Jane comes back to her home town occasionally. Mark has taken Jane and her husband out to eat a few times. Jane is a very good singer and has been a pro-fessional singer for several decades, said Mark. Jane performs opera, operetta, and concerts. The former Pilot Mound woman met her hus-band Walter McNeil when they performed in the opera La Traviata in Knoxville, TN. Jane played Violetta and Walter played Alfredo. They now live in New York City. Today Jane is a full-time performer while Wal-ter performs occasionally. He grew up back stage in Italy listening to the voice of his father, a world famous bari-tone. Walter chose a career in computers. Well this is a great small town success story and its wonderful that Mark has continued to bond with Mrs.

Thorngren occasionally. In opera, incidentally, Jane con-tinues to use her maiden name as do other professional performers.

The 125th year milestone achieved by Engquist Lumber, Harcourt, in June is really incred-ible. The business that started in 1990 has been owned and operated by four generations of Engquists. Scott and Diane Enguist are the current owners. I was watching C-span recently and someone representing the New York Times stated that only three per cent of family owned businesses (all types) extend to the fourth generation. So it really is amazing and congratulations to the Engquists and staff at Engquist Lumber, Harcourt!

By Tyler Anderson In a tilt for the command of Class 2A-District 8, the Southeast Valley Jaguars fell short after a long, three hour road trip. It also made for a long trip home for play-ers, coaches and supporters alike. The Southeast Valley football team endured a tough loss on Friday night at Mustang Field in Shenan-doah, dropping to the Shenandoah Mustangs, 28-19. While their first loss of the season dips the Jag-uars record to 3-1 thus far in the 2015 campaign, South-east Valley still maintains a chance to win the district.

Southeast Valley began the game with a surprise squib kick by junior Dakota Jaeschke, which fell into Mustang hands and presented Shenandoah (4-0) with a short field to work with. The Mustangs threatened to score despite early holding penalties. Before the Mustangs could draw first blood, se-nior Cade King snagged a pass from Shenandoah quarter-back Jake Johnson to keep the game scoreless. Unfortunately, the Jaguars offense had trouble getting the offense going, which led to a one yard plunge by Shenandoah running back Logan Roberts. A missed PAT left Southeast Valley trailing 6-0 by the end of the first quarter. The Jaguars responded with a drive stemming from a fumble recovery by junior Ryan Gustafson, which led to junior quarterback Nolan Brand getting sacked on fourth down on the Mustang 16 yard line. Shenandoah soon took advantage, as Mustang running back Jordan Miller burst through for a 53 yard run before being brought down by Jaguar defenders. The Mustangs would fail to capitalize on the big run, as a botched option pitch led to a fumble recovery by senior Keaton Jondle. However, the Jaguars couldnt convert the turn-over into points, as Brand gave up a nearly 97 yard pick six to give the Mustangs a 14-0 advantage going into the locker room. In the third quarter, the Jags closed the gap to

Southeast Valleys late rally falls short to Shenandoah Mustangs 28-19Jags drop to 3-1, host West Central Valley for Homecoming...

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30 YEARS AGO... Mrs. Max (Mary) Carlson of Gowrie is this ar-eas first big winner in the Iowa Lottery. Mrs. Carlson scratched off a ticket purchased at a Fort Dodge store this past week to discover she had become a $5,000.00 win-ner. She went to Des Moines Monday to claim her prize money. Prairie elementary students show amazement as a hot air balloon was blown up in the gymnasium at Callender Tuesday, Sept. 17. The balloon, which almost filled the gym, was blown up inside because of the windy conditions outside that day, which prohibited launching. The balloon was brought to the school through the efforts of Walter Petersen of Callender. Patrick Fougue, balloon specialist, gave a talk about hot air balloons. Triny Thornburgh was crowned queen and Jason Vote was named king at Cedar Valleys Homecoming festivities. The coronation occurred at a pep rally Thurs-day. Members of the royal court who were all seniors are Deb Cook, Carlene Page Teresa Erritt, Dan Goodwin, Matt Goodman, and Chad Hartzler. Kraig Allen DeVries, son of Glenn and Janet DeVries of Gowrie, graduated from the truck and diesel mechanics program at Northwest Iowa Technical Col-lege.

20 YEARS AGO... The over Sixty Club will meet Monday, Sep-tember 25, at the Gowrie Community Center. Members of the serving committee include Marilyn Skoglund, Mary Ann Plant, Ernest Bastow, Una Amandus and Vera Ranniger. Ted Palmer, long-time rain reporter, measured

1/2 of precipitation on Monday morning, September 18, 1995, and another 1-1/2 on Tuesday morning, or a 2 early week total. Rain was still falling later Tuesday, and a hard freeze was forecast for later in the week. Marty and Kathy Hanson, Gowrie, are the par-ents of a baby girl born Monday, September 11 at Stewart Memorial Hospital, Lake City. The baby has been named. Olivia Kathleen. Grandparents are Dale and Vivian Han-son of Callender, and Marleen Fevold, Gowrie. Luther College senior Bill Carlson of Gowrie has been awarded a $500 Iowa Challenge Scholarship for the 1995-96 academic year.

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Southeast Valleys late rally falls short to Shenandoah Mustangs 28-19Jags drop to 3-1, host West Central Valley for Homecoming...

Gowrie Fire Station construction progress... The new fire station is coming along great, but they still asking for donations to finish the project. Let's help them so they can help us!

This is Homecoming Week, and we are going to celebrate the Week with the rest of Jag Nation as follows: This years Homecoming Theme is A Heroes Homecoming. Monday was America Day, wear red, white and blue colors to show you are proud to be an American. Tuesday is Cray Hair Day, want to try a dif-ferent hair style, today is your day! Wednesday is What not to Wear Day, wear clothes that clash and dont match. Thursday is Sports Day, wear your favorite sports team apparel. Friday is Jag Spirit Day. Students should wear all your favorite Jag apparel or black, teal, and silver.Homecoming Parade, Friday As it stands now, the buses will be leaving Farn-hamville at 1:05. We will arrive and be dropped off on the North Side of the Gowrie City Park at 1:30. We will have roughly 10 minutes to get our kids lined up so we can start our parade march at 1:40. We will line up with TK up front (closest to Market Street), K, 1, 2, 3, and finally 4. When we turn onto Market Street, we will be on the South side of the street and PV Elementary will be on the North side of the street (by grade level). Parents will know where to be to get the best photos of their children. We will stop when we get to Macke Motors and line up in front of the businesses on the West side of that street (in other words. We will be on the sidewalk in front of Macke Motors) to watch the high school portion of the parade. After the parade is over, we will walk to the football stadium where we will view the homecoming rally & coronatio. The rally should end at approximately 3:00 p.m. All of our buses/bus routes will leave from te

football field in Gowire immediately after the rally. There will be a bus that goes to the high school and then leave directly from there to go on an afternoon route. There will NOT be the normal, after-school bus routine at P.V. El-ementary.

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Donations sought for Parkinsons Diseaseat ESC/SE Valley gameOn Thursday, October 1. . . The East Sac County Raiders volleyball seniors are Teaming Up for a Cure by hosting Grey-Out Night for Parkinsons Disease on Thursday, October 1 at the Lake View Gymnasium. The Raiders will team up against SE Valley with game time beginning at 6 p.m. The JVR and JV will get the evening rolling with the varsity match-up to follow. Admission for the game will not be charged. Instead the team is asking for a free-will donation with all proceeds going to the foundation for Parkinsons Dis-ease. ESC players would like to invite you to come and register for raffle prizes, enjoy a bar or cookie and cheer on the Raiders! Any area business that would like to donate an item for the raffle, please contact one of the senior volleyball players or drop it off at the high school office. ESC senior volleyball players are Ashton Blum, Lexi Willson, Kendal Herrig, Sarah Shull and Lexie Ber-ry.

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By Tyler Anderson Hope, victory, vigilance, sacrifice. Those words still resound loudly as they did two short years ago. The City of Dayton, The Dayton Light and Pow-er committee and the Dayton Historical Society held a dedication ceremony to the Kathlynn Shepard Memorial next to the Dayton Historical Museum on Saturday after-noon. The Kathlynn Shepard Memorial is comprised of the memorial bench, the cement circle to hold the bench and a redbud tree that will bloom purple in the spring. We could not be more pleased with how beau-tiful the memorial turned out, Kenny Sanders said dur-ing the dedication speech. This would not have been possible without a small town working together to make this beautiful memorial for Kathlynn. Sanders, the 2015 Dayton Community Service

City of Dayton, Dayton Museum dedicates Kathlynn Shepard MemorialEvent well attended, speech made by Kenny Sanders...

Award recipient, also thanked the numerous donors in his speech. Sanders also noted that the funds and work all came from donations and volunteers. Along with the memorial, residents and busi-nesses from the Boone County area donated a beautiful pedal bike that had the appearance of a motorcycle, all adorned in purple. The bike was donated by Josie Sharp, as Jimmy Merrill of Ogden contributed and coordinated the bikes creation. The bike will permanately housed at the Dayton Historical Museum. I felt real passionate about building this, said an emotional Merrill. We love you and will not forget this town. According to Merrill, the bikes creation took 67 days thanks to a lot of community support. Thank you never seems to be enough, said Michael Shepard at the ceremony. The whole town has been nothing but supportive to us. Kathlynn, 15, was abducted and killed after get-ting off a school bus in Dayton by a convicted sex of-fender. The offender, Michael Klunder of Stratford, com-mitted suicide after the murder. Her body was found weeks later in the Des Moines River by local fishermen. Since the tragedy, Michael Shepard and others founded Kathlynns Hope. Also, the Shepard family has partnered with the Chelseas Light Foundation to enact a One Strike Law for sexual offenders in Iowa and eventually nationwide. This has been a long time coming, said Mayor Richard Travis during the dedication. We suffered a ma-jor loss more than two years ago. We came together as one, big family to support the Shepards. The Kathlynn Shepard Memorial will be a part of a larger complex next to the Dayton Historical Muse-um, which will consist of a Dayton Area Veterans Park in the near future.

Jimmy Merrill contributed this beautiful, pedal bike engraved with the Kathlynns Hope graphic before the dedication of the Kathlynn Shepard Memorial on Saturday in Dayton. The bike was the seventh that Merrill was built and donated for special causes. Photo by Tyler Anderson

2015 Dayton Community Service award recipient Kenny Sanders was the keynote speaker at the Kathlynn Shepard Memorial dedication on Saturday at the Dayton Historical Museum. During his speech, Sanders thanked the donors and volunteers who made the permanent memorial possible.

Mayor Richard Travis spoke first at the Kathlynn Shepard Memorial dedication on Saturday at the Dayton Historical Museum. Travis introduced Kenny Sanders, who made a small speech about the origins of the memorial.

Linda Bettin admires the clematis vine grown-ing on the arbor in her yard, excitedly noting the buds that will soon bloom. She proudly points out distinctive plants in each of the flower beds she tends, giving a bit of the history and planning of each one. She understands the benefits each plant brings to the garden. While the retired physician assistant enjoys gar-dening, her lifelong passion has always been womens health. She spearheaded efforts at McCrary Rost Clinic during her tenure there to educate women about Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), attending and presenting at professional conferences on the subject. She worked with female patients to navigate through menopause and relieve many of the symptoms. Over the years, Linda helped many patients with menopause symptoms. When she retired, she turned to Barb Weber, ARNP-C, at McCrary Rost Clinic Rock-well City for help in managing her HRT. Prior to her visit with Barb, Linda experienced hot flashes, weight gain and anxiety. Ive known Barb for many years. I was her medical provider when she had her baby! Ive always been impressed by her abilities. I knew Barb was knowledgeable and supportive of HRT and that she was willing to think outside the box. The Merck Manuals, one of the worlds most widely used medical information resources, define hor-mones as chemical substances that affect the activity of another part of the body (target site). In essence, hor-mones serve as messengers, controlling and coordinating activities throughout the body. According to the Hor-mone Health Network, Hormones regulate menstrua-tion, fertility, menopause, and sex drive (libido). The main hormones affecting the menstrual cycle and fertility are produced by glands in the brain and by the ovaries. Lindas experience with HRT began when she started her practice as a nurse practioner and physicians assistant during the 1980s. In the old days, female medi-cal issues were simply not discussed. Women felt embar-rassed talking about hot flashes and night sweats. Thank-fully, times have changed and people are more open about their symptoms. Thats great because people need to be educated. Women no longer have to suffer as they once did. There is help available, Linda says. During her thirties, Linda began experiencing symptoms herself as she began perimenopause, the time period during which a womans body makes its natural transition toward permanent infertility (menopause). Menopause is defined as the cessation of menses for 12

months or more. She explains that imbalances in a wom-ans hormone levels, most often estrogen and progester-one, cause symptoms associated with menopause. Those imbalances can also cause thyroid issues, bladder func-tion, memory, osteoporosis, heart attacks and strokes. Linda concedes that in the past HRT has been controversial. In an article written for publication on www.webmd.com, R. Morgan Griffin explains that doc-tors had been prescribing HRT, usually a combination of estrogen and progestin, to patients during and after meno-pause to ease symptoms like emotional stability, lethargy, depression, headaches, weight gain, insomnia, and hot flashes, in addition to other symptoms like joint or back pain, anxiety, dry skin, vaginal dryness, decreased sexual desire and decreased sexual activity for decades. We have evidence that hormone therapy can prevent heart disease, hip fractures, and osteoporosis, and that it cuts the risk of developing diabetes by 30% in younger women, says Shelley R. Salpeter, MD, a clini-cal professor of medicine at Stanford Universitys School of Medicine. In one recent study, Salpeter and her col-leagues found that HRT reduced the number of heart at-tacks and cardiac deaths by 32% in women who were 60 or younger (or women who had been through meno-pause less than 10 years ago). In older women, hormone replacement therapy seemed to increase cardiac events in the first year, and then began to reduce them after two years. Regulating Lindas hormone levels was Barbs focus for her patient. She first tested Lindas hormone levels via salivary hormone testing. This simple test re-quires the patient to collect saliva samples from one to four times a day, depending on what is being tested. This painless test is conveniently done in the patients home and accurately measures active hormone levels. The basic collection looks at estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA and cortisol levels. Additional saliva samples can be obtained to gain greater knowledge of the adrenal glands by testing cortisol levels up to four times a day, says Weber. Much like planting her flower beds by keeping in mind the benefits each plant brings to the health of the bed and aesthetic value, Barb and Linda work together to maintain the balance in Lindas hormone levels, ensuring Linda continues to have fewer hot flashes, sleeps better, decreases anxiety and avoid other issues associated with menopause. Linda recommends Barb as a provider be-cause of how she relates to her patients, Barb listens to

Hormone therapy helps patients at McCrary Rost Clinic in Rockwell CityWith womens health issues. . .

When Linda Bettin retired from medical prac-tice, she turned to Barb Weber, ARNP-C at McCrary Rost Clinic Rockwell City for her care. Barb worked with Linda to balance Lindas hormone levels as she experienced meno-pause symptoms, making Linda more comfortable and able to enjoy her daily activitiesher patients and uses best practices to solve issues. She looks at the individuals needs and is willing to try differ-ent approaches to find solutions.

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Kyler Jondle takes a dive toward the turf and past Titan defenders during a junior varsity football game between the Southeast Valley Jaguars and the South Central Calhoun Titans on Sept. 14 in Gowrie. The Jaguars fell in a close one to the Titans, 22-20. Photo by Lisa Peterson. Keegan Goodwin looks to avoid a tackle from

a Titan defender during a junior varsity game be-tween Southeast Valley and South Central Calhoun on Sept. 14 in Gowrie. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Kyler Jondle and Nyles Johnson chase a South Central Calhoun ball carrier during a junior varsity football game between the Jaguars and Titans on Sept. 14 in Gowrie. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Southeast Valley students involved in local business, school improvements The SV high school students are making contri-butions to their school. An attractive new sign has been added to the east corner of the building. The sign was installed by several students including Casey Isles, Drake Oldson, Justin McNamar. The Community Based Learn-ing class just opened the Fruit Shack. This is a student-run business designed to give students experience in a real-life setting. The Fruit Shack is run by Dalton Krantz and Makayla Busma. The business makes nutritionally-compliant smoothies

that are sold to students and staff. The first day of sales, exceeding expectations, by doubling sales. According to one student, these are awesome!. The Community Based Learning class also gained experience with a Gowrie Economic Develop-ment project. The project, headed by Phil DeCastro, is a frisbie golf course near the swimming pool and football field. The students will be expanding their community experiences throughout the year.

The new Southeast Valley school sign is in the process of being installed in front of Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie. Southeast Valley students have been heavily involved in the construction of the new sign.

By Mary Ann Young September 19, was Law Enforcement Apprecia-tion Day. We owe a great deal to our Law Enforcement Officers. They put themselves in harm's way everyday. In circumstances that we, everyday citizens, will try to find a place to protect ourselves by taking cov-er in a safe place. Law Enforcement Officers will have to face the danger and deal with it. Who do we think of calling when danger arises? Law Enforcement. These are American heroes. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to ALL Law Enforcement Officers. We are truly in your debt.

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Webster County RetiredSchool Personnel meets The Webster County Unit of the Iowa Retired School Personnel will meet at noon on October 5 at Wil-low Ridge, 1788 Madison Ave., Fort Dodge.

State Senator Hoggannounces candidacyat Callender City ParkSeeks U.S. Senate seat. . . Daryl Bealls friend and former colleague, State Senator Rob Hogg (pronounced with a long O) created a U. S. Senate Exploratory Committee several months ago. Senator Hogg planned to make a major po-litical announcement this Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 10 a.m., in the Callender City Park shelter (Callender Heritage Li-brary community room in case of inclement weather). He selected Callender because his maternal grandmother was born and raised in Callender. Her name was Esther Swanson Logan, born in 1902. Rob, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, served in the Iowa House of Representatives before being elected to the Iowa Senate. He is widely recognized for his strong support for alternative and renewable energy. He is the author of Americas Climate Centu-ry: What Climate Change Means for America in the 21st Century and What Americans Can Do About It.

Saturday, September 26, 2015 9:00 a.m.Haman Auction Building, Stratford, IA

Guns, gun cabinet & fishing equip: Mossberg 500 20 ga.; Remington 870 12 ga. deer gun; Stevens 12 ga pump model 620; Browing 12 ga. pump; Remington 870 magnum; Marlin m60-22 w/scope; Victor Plain 12 ga sin-gle shot; small gun cabinet; some ammo; fishing poles; fish cleaning table & some fish equip; Guns will sell at Noon.Collectibles: egg basket; egg scale; McCoy cookie jar; dressers; dispensing keg; IH & JD machinery manuals & others; 1942 Wallace Farmer mag; Shoeberg Caf salt & pepper; A.T. Johnson, Stratford; Army first aid kit; Army book; Sturtzs tavern ash tray & bottle opener; Stratford poultry & pet books; Ahrens Implement knife, Story City & other advertising items; cast iron skillets; chicken feeder; well pump; old carpenters box; parking meter; train toys; cedar chests; Western Flyer bike; old restaurant stools; meat grinders; horse collar & hanes; much more!Mowers, Tools & new remolding items: JD LA 105 rider; JD yard cart; push mower; Mantis garden tiller; 100# anvil; wheelbarrows; DeWalt elec drill; sawzall; Delta cut off saw/stand; Roybi band saw; Skil table saw; Craftsman 9 table saw; Craftsman 4 1/8 jointer planer; drill press; Delta radial arm saw; Duracraft wood lathe & knives; 12 metal brake; step ladders; Craftsman chain saw; Poulan chain saw; 15 scroll saw; hand saws; pipe clamps; Delta table saw; ProTech cut off saw; hand tools; shingling brackets; car ramps; elec wire & supplies; jack stands; saw horses; 12 roller table; stove pipe & duct work; elec wire; pvc pipe; hose reels; yard tools; squir-rel cage fan; 6 sets of scaffolding; roller carts; shelving; grease guns; wrenches; NEW one piece Aquaglas tub/shower; new bifold doors; wood doors; new ceiling fans & light fixtures; new stainless sink, new faucets; much more!Household & Misc: couch; Kenmore side by side; din-ing room hutch; dressers; round oak pedestal table; 6 oak chairs; corner table, chair & bench nook set; queen beds; several wardrobe cupboards; shelving; bicycles; area rug; 2 Haier 5,000 btu window air cond., new in boxes; Hobart elec meat grinder; deck boxes; patio set; bar stools (short); small desk; 2 drawer file cabinet; drawer file cabinets; dehumidifier; humidifiers; single room air conditioner; meat smoker; rain barrels; stainless steel cooking pots; small kitchen appliances; utensils, sil-verware; linens; pots & pans; Christmas items; knives; Corelle dishes; bowls; Tupperware; knick knacks; full train set, newer; much more!Terms & Conditions: Cash or check with photo ID. Pho-to ID required to obtain bidding number. Not responsible for accidents or theft of items after purchasing. Please do not remove items until they are settled for. Announce-ments made the day of the sale take precedence over printed material.Auctioneers Notes: Notice 9:00 starting time. Will start outside with tools & rack items. This is a partial listing. We are still unpacking boxes. Great selection of collectibles and household items. Continue checking website for updated photos!

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Sept 23, 2015 6 THE GOWRIE NEWSTHE GOWRIE NEWS

Official stadium name? Lets let SV students decide! Hello, my friends. Im Tyler, yet again. Im hor-rible about switching up my greetings. Forgive me on this one. Wow. Its already Homecoming Week. Time flies when youre busy. Or sick. Or sick and busy. Enough of me complaining about my bout with the common cold, its good to see that there are a ton of activities going on for the week where school spirit is at its highest. Not just in students, faculty and the administra-tors, but for the community as a whole. It gives me a small sense of nostalgia, where I could (half-heartedly) dress up according to the wacky themes dreamt up by the student council. Then, there are the banners that say Beat (In-sert Other Team Name Here) and have our signatures all over them. Its no different now than it was when I attended Southeast Webster High School, just substitute the col-ors, location and add a sweet parade to the equation. At the end of the parade on Friday, the destina-tion will be the football stadium. Should the weather hold up, there will be a massive pep rally to support the Jaguars before they go up against the West Central Valley Wildcats. It will be a great time hearing the crowd roar when the Southeast Valley football team takes to the field. Amidst of all the hoopla and support for the teal and black, I do have one nitpick. Like all of my small nit-picks, its not intended to stomp on anyones toes or hurt

any feelings. Its just food for thought. Think of me as the big supporter who notices the little things every now and then. With that stated, I want to point out that the sta-dium in Gowrie has no official name. Ive asked the kind folks at the Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie, and yupits just referred to as the stadium. This is an anomaly of sorts, as theres Dodger Stadium in Fort Dodge, Gene Henrichsen Field in Eagle Grove, and last but not least, Lyons Field in Burnside. You cant read anywhere or go anywhere in the realm of high school, collegiate or professional sports without a name attached to a venue, even if its some-thing terrible like Sports Authority Field at Mile High or University of Phoenix Stadium. So its weird, but is there a really good name that can do the stadium in Gowrie justice? Lets take a quick look. First, theres simply Southeast Valley Stadium or Jaguars Stadium. Those are sound options, like the UNI-Dome. Simple, to the point and easy to recognize. Theres also Gowrie Stadium too. Another clean and simple name. Or perhaps, and I may ask for your help out there, how about naming the stadium after a huge donor or someone (administrator, coach or player) who was vital to the athletic history of Gowrie, Prairie or Prairie Valley football? Theres plenty of venues that honor those who have done so much for their respective programs and are no longer around, look no further than Jack Trice Sta-dium and Kinnick Stadium. Both of which are named after Cyclone and Hawkeye legends, both of which were taken before their time. For a little fun, theres also the possibility of Jaguars Field at Southeast Valley in Gowrie. That will make some heads spin. Then again, we could just leave the official name alone. If anything, the students, fans and writers

(like yours truly) could spice things up by giving the sta-dium some unofficial nicknames. Like anything that concerns large felines (leav-ing out lions and cougars), The Jungle is also a good nickname. Ive honestly heard Welcome to the Jungle by Guns & Roses constantly played at a few football games, so thats a good start. However, the same nickname can be applied to the High School Gymnasium too. So there could be a little confusion there. But Ill stop right there with my rambling. I have a better idea. Instead of someone out of the loop such as my-self, or involving any higher powers (principals, superin-tendents, school boards, parents, etc.)lets let the kids decide what they want to name their home field. Theyve done it before with the mascot and col-ors, and the students have done an amazing job on that task. I think naming their home stadium this time around will be a cinch for them. It will also enable the Southeast Valley student body to make another mark on school history going for-ward.

Gowrie Community Blood Drive October 1 Gowrie is holding a community blood drive sponsored by Gowrie Womens club. The blood drive will be held between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Thurs-day, October 1 at Gowrie Community Center, Bloodmo-bile, 1206 Market Street, Gowrie. Appointments can be scheduled online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or by calling 800-287-4903. Donors will need to bring a valid form of identi-fication, such as a donor ID card or drivers license. Do-nors can earn donation points for a limited-edition can koozie in your choice of school colors!

Down Memory LaneB Y S A R A D O W N S

Birthdays24-Sept Mary Ann Board, Kelsey Carlson Paul Fields25-Sept Lisa Flowers, Jolene Johnson26-Sept Steve Gutshall, Kevin Hoyt Al Klingson27-Sept Randy Castle, Terry Ewing Phyllis Peterson, Terry Stickrod28-Sept Eloise Vote29-Sept Tim Johnson, Dennis Kinley30-Sept Jason Richards, Cory Turner

Anniversaries23- Sept Brad and Kim Bendickson

Semi Annual Report of Jan Messerly Webster County TreasurerFor the Period January-June 2015

0001 GENERAL FUND 4,735,415.93 3,860,898.16 8,596,314.09 3,806,136.20 4,790,177.89 340,894.99 0.000002 GENERAL SUPPLEMENTAL 2,192,649.54 1,419,791.50 3,612,441.04 1,400,378.45 2,212,062.59 24,843.64 0.000010 MH-DD SERVICES FUND 1,347,837.52 877,016.53 2,224,854.05 1,745,140.04 479,714.01 10,473.52 0.000011 RURAL SERVICES BASIC 1,315,073.72 1,152,811.10 2,467,884.82 1,339,458.40 1,128,426.42 35,419.18 0.000017 WEBSTER COUNTY REGIONAL URBAN RENEWAL 98,579.73 197,291.92 295,871.65 143,474.45 152,397.20 0.00 0.000020 SECONDARY ROADS 3,501,856.64 3,777,040.43 7,278,897.07 3,390,246.86 3,888,650.21 487,156.09 0.000023 R E A P FUND 50,489.74 487.21 50,976.95 1,230.00 49,746.95 0.00 0.000027 CONSERVATION TRUST FUND 47,018.29 10,863.98 57,882.27 147.59 57,734.68 0.00 0.000028 RECORDER'S RECORDS MANAGE FUND 20,058.40 2,978.84 23,037.24 0.00 23,037.24 0.00 0.000030 PUBLIC HEALTH FUND 641,369.44 1,560,644.45 2,202,013.89 1,597,109.16 604,904.73 100,850.04 0.000036 E911 SURCHARGE FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000037 E911 OPERATING FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000040 D.A.R.E. FUND 703.46 0.00 703.46 50.00 653.46 0.00 0.000041 CANINE -1,404.06 0.00 -1,404.06 -6,269.85 4,865.79 0.00 0.000045 County Attorney Collections 45,666.13 16,985.12 62,651.25 8,015.94 54,635.31 0.00 0.000050 SHERIFF CONFISCATED MONIES 42,511.51 6,076.80 48,588.31 1,925.00 46,663.31 1,650.00 0.000051 CO ATTY CONFISCATED PROP MONIES 2,740.90 0.00 2,740.90 479.99 2,260.91 354.48 0.000052 LOSST 1,249,695.05 648,192.40 1,897,887.45 104,169.00 1,793,718.45 0.00 0.000090 LONG-SHORT FUND -203.00 203.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.001500 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND 1,235,945.23 11,629.00 1,247,574.23 1,039,055.25 208,518.98 84,360.00 0.001501 SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJE 6,877.93 38.66 6,916.59 0.00 6,916.59 0.00 0.002000 DEBT SERVICE FUND 501,130.07 64,674.62 565,804.69 562,561.25 3,243.44 0.00 0.004000 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 78,963.72 15,468.93 94,432.65 23,381.75 71,050.90 5,236.78 0.004010 E911 SURCHARGE FUND 208,751.91 259,695.21 468,447.12 280,347.04 188,100.08 17,758.62 0.004011 E911 OPERATING FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.004100 COUNTY ASSESSOR 176,794.41 195,215.00 372,009.41 203,576.27 168,433.14 24,909.82 0.004101 SPECIAL APPRAISAL FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.004140 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 8,814.01 115,039.57 123,853.58 120,959.73 2,893.85 0.00 0.004200 SCHOOLS 767,150.59 9,649,963.62 10,417,114.21 10,169,024.03 248,090.18 0.00 0.004300 IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE 47,509.41 620,086.40 667,595.81 651,997.53 15,598.28 0.00 0.004400 CORPORATIONS 718,763.51 7,655,465.63 8,374,229.14 8,186,088.73 188,140.41 0.00 0.004700 TOWNSHIPS 10,737.39 184,305.08 195,042.47 190,600.05 4,442.42 0.00 0.004800 BRUCELLOSIS & TUBERCULOSIS (STATE OF IA) 1,006.58 2,282.52 3,289.10 2,399.94 889.16 0.00 0.004900 SPECIAL DISTRICTS 12,874.99 54,182.86 67,057.85 33,605.61 33,452.24 0.00 0.005000 INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS 103,254.40 110,296.41 213,550.81 104,582.08 108,968.73 0.00 0.005010 AUTO FUND 766,205.03 3,168,380.83 3,934,585.86 3,338,104.58 596,481.28 0.00 0.005020 USE TAX FUND 210,183.21 2,052,883.85 2,263,067.06 1,996,448.83 266,618.23 0.00 0.005040 ANATOMICAL GIFT FUND 290.54 924.50 1,215.04 811.39 403.65 0.00 0.005090 ADVANCE TAX & TRUST FUND 31,835.89 44,839.33 76,675.22 0.00 76,675.22 0.00 0.005150 PROPERTY TAX AGENCY 6,251.56 0.00 6,251.56 0.00 6,251.56 0.00 0.005160 STATE GENERAL FUND 8,212.61 5,655.00 13,867.61 10,158.00 3,709.61 0.00 0.005190 REDEMPTION TRUST 10,407.43 208,171.62 218,579.05 138,168.61 80,410.44 0.00 0.005300 RECORDERS ELEC TRNSFR AGENCY FUN 378.61 2,956.00 3,334.61 2,886.51 448.10 0.00 0.008500 MEDICAL INSURANCE FUND 432,609.08 1,152,204.98 1,584,814.06 1,141,724.25 443,089.81 185,175.34 0.00DR DRAINAGE 1,070,567.53 737,312.83 1,807,880.36 1,423,235.96 384,644.40 644.56 1,360,413.39

COUNTY TOTALS: 21,705,574.58 39,842,953.89 61,548,528.47 43,151,408.62 18,397,119.85 1,319,727.06 1,360,413.39

I, JAN MESSERLY, TREASURER OF WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE REPORT GIVENABOVE IS A CORRECT SUMMARY OF THE BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY ME AS SAID TREASURER DURING THEPERIOD THEREIN SPECIFIED.s/Jan MesserlyWebster County Treasurer

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Gowrie Community Blood Drive October 1 Gowrie is holding a community blood drive sponsored by Gowrie Womens club. The blood drive will be held between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Thurs-day, October 1 at Gowrie Community Center, Bloodmo-bile, 1206 Market Street, Gowrie. Appointments can be scheduled online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or by calling 800-287-4903. Donors will need to bring a valid form of identi-fication, such as a donor ID card or drivers license. Do-nors can earn donation points for a limited-edition can koozie in your choice of school colors!

THE GOWRIE NEWSDown Memory LaneB Y S A R A D O W N S

The year of 2015 will probably be remembered by most Daytonites as The Year of the Flood. While I was writing the previous column I remembered another flood. Perhaps you will remember with me. That was the July flood of 1993. This flood covered several states, particu-larly those along the Mississippi. This is memorable to me for a number of reasons. It was a Wednesday night when my phone rang and a neighbor of my parents was calling to say Mom was being taken by ambulance to the hospital. I called my daughter who packed a few articles of clothing as did I and she came and got me. We had had some rain at that time but nothing too bad. That was not a good night for we lost my Mom. We took Dad home and the three of us managed to get some sleep. A good neigh-bor was kind enough to come and sit with Dad while my daughter and I went back to Des Moines later the next day. I took care of some things at home, packed up clothes to last for a while and Thursday evening a friend drove me back to Boxholm. It was cloudy and dark and dampish. It seems we no sooner went over the railroad viaduct, heading north on 169, when the skies opened up and there was such a torrential gully washer that we had to stop, hoping we were on a firm shoulder and others had the good sense to do the same. And so it was. The funeral had been planned but by that day every low spot near a stream in Iowa seemed to be flood-ed and for the people to get to Ogden and Boxholm it took several detours. Others of you will remember the

And nary a drop to drink...river west of Boone as one instance of flooded roads. Coming back to Boxholm after the interment I remarked to Dad that it looked like that gravel pit and the river were about to spill out over the interstate near Des Moines. We came into the house and I automatically walked over to the TV and turned it on to find that that little over an hour it took us to arrive back in Boxholm the flooding had hit the Des Moines area and later the waterworks was out of commission, people were sandbagging, emergency measures were activated in hospitals and nursing homes. Many of my children and families had planned to come to Boxholm on Sunday but couldnt find a road out of town. They did manage to get there the next day, laundry bas-kets and all. The washer was going constantly as was the dryer and the still available clotheslines were filled. The basement shower could be heard and the bathroom tub being filed numerous times. Dad gladly paid that water bill just to have his family around him. Back in Des Moines there as a water purifying system (thanks to the military) set up to Mercy Hospital (closest to the river) and then, I assume, trucked to the others. I stayed with Dad for a week so wasnt prepared when I came home to there still being a flooding, no water situation. Dad came with me but my son took him to their home in the country east of Des Moines. They had water. At my apartment complex there was a tank of river water for flushing purposes and an enclosed one holding water for other purposes. We bought water and pop for drink-ing, ate cold food so not to waste water by cooking and dirtying dishes, using paper plates and plastic cups. We brushed our teeth with a minimum amount of water; went with dirty hair, took sponge baths using a basin of some kind in our sink and then hand washing undies in the water, using a minimum amount for rinsing then dump-ing into our flushing buckets. Waste not, want not. The slogan of the time was If its yellow, let it mellow; it its brown, flush it down. Scrubbing up the bathroom would come a week or so later. Air fresheners were lavishly used as were deodorants and talcum powder. I only had to put up with it a week. My fel-low employees were into their second week when I re-turned to work. The company gave free bottles of pop but asked that if we couldnt drink it all, please share waste not, want not. The restroom was another inconvenience but at least it was handled. From the 3rd floor we had to go down to the basement garage area and then outside to the adjoining drive in area where several kybos were installed. But we survived; so did the town and Iowa. I dont recall any big calamities. People worked together to get things restored to at least near norm as quickly as possible. I dont believe there was any big crime wave as we often read about or see on TV when such calamities appear in other cities. People really worked together and for each other. On the TV I have seen evidence of that spirit in the Dayton area -- people working together, hard and long to restore their town and the rodeo grounds so that the show can go on. By the time this goes to print those days will have been here and gone but right now I am hoping and praying for the people of Dayton and Stratford in par-ticular. I still have faith in that small town spirit, caring and togetherness when a crisis is to be met.

Birthdays24-Sept Mary Ann Board, Kelsey Carlson Paul Fields25-Sept Lisa Flowers, Jolene Johnson26-Sept Steve Gutshall, Kevin Hoyt Al Klingson27-Sept Randy Castle, Terry Ewing Phyllis Peterson, Terry Stickrod28-Sept Eloise Vote29-Sept Tim Johnson, Dennis Kinley30-Sept Jason Richards, Cory Turner

Anniversaries23- Sept Brad and Kim Bendickson

Southeast Valley Schedule of Events

Week of Sept 23th to Sept 30thWednesday, Sept 23FFA Soils ContestThursday, Sept 24SVMS School Picture Day4:00 p.m. J.H. Volleyball vs. PAC4:30 p.m. J.H. XC @ Story City5:30 p.m. G V VB GAME - Multi-Team6:00 p.m. B JVR FB GAME - Pocahontas Area @ Southeast Valley6:00 p.m. G JVR VB GAME - Multi-TeamFriday, Sept 25SVHS Homecoming7:00 p.m. B V FB GAME - West Central Valley @ Southeast ValleySunday, Sept 27UNI All-State Music ClinicMonday, Sept 28Fall NWEA Map Testing (Sept 22-Oct 2)5:00 p.m. G JVR/JV/V VB GAME - Southeast Valley @ Ogden5:00 p.m. B&G V CC GAME - Southeast Valley @ Nevada6:00 p.m. B JV FB GAME - Woodward-Granger @ Southeast Valley6:00 p.m. G JVR VB GAME - Multi-TeamTuesday, Sept 294:00 p.m. J.H. Football @ Rockwell City

*Schedule is pulled from the SV website for your convenience*www.southeastvalley.org

***Schedules are subject to change at anytime***

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Gowrie church updates... On Wednesday, September 23, Making Sense of The Bible Class will be held from 5:50 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., also on Wednesday, there will also be a church wide prayer walk, followed by choir practice beginning at 7:00 p.m.. On Friday, September 25, there will be a quilters meeting at 1:00 p.m. On Saturday, September 26, the UMW North Central Iowa Annual Meeting will be held at Humboldt UMC. On Monday September 28, Glory Bells will meet at 5:30 p.m. The Quilters will be meeting at 1:00 p.m on Tuesday, September 29. Wednesday, September 30, at 4:00 pm. there will be a How to Read and Use my Bible class. Following this at 5:50 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. there will be a Making Sense of the Bible Class. Choir Practice will begin at 7:00 p.m., also on Wednesday .

Lanyon, Somers, and Harcourt Churches have planned... The Evangelical Covenant Church in Lanyon begins ACTION (A lot of Church things in one night) at 6:00 pm. ACTION will meet every Wednesday night. The United Methodist Church in Somers will be having an afternoon Bible study at the church on Thursday at 1:30 pm. The United Methodist Church in Harcourt will be holding a Womens Bible Study at 9:30 am on Monday. A Mens Bible Study will be Saturday at 7:00 pm.

Semi Annual Report of Jan Messerly Webster County Treasurer

Sept 23, 2015 8 THE GOWRIE NEWSTHE GOWRIE NEWS

Mr. & Mrs. Parker Peterson Miss Robin Catherine Lehner and Mr. Parker James Peterson were united in marriage July 25th, 2015 at half past four oclock in the afternoon at The Missis-sippi Dunes Golf Links in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. Their ceremony was officiated by Mark Scannell. Music for the ceremony was provided by Instant Request and Mr. Ryan Walkup. The maids of honor were Miss Kristin Lehner, Miss Kathleen Rule, and Miss Rachel Trampel. The best man was Mr. Spencer Peterson. Ceremony readings were read by Michael Moffett and Alexia Stalpes, good friends of the couple. The families hosted a dinner and reception at the Mississippi Dunes clubhouse directly following the service. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lehner of Palatine, IL. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Neiman of Chicago, IL and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehner of Chicago, IL. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Peterson of Callender, Iowa. He is the grandson of Mr. Marion Peterson of Callender, Iowa and the late Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and Mrs. Opal Peterson. The bride is a graduate of Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois. She graduated from Iowa State Uni-versity with a Bachelor of Science in Apparel Merchan-dising. She now works as a Merchandise Assistant at JC Penneys Corporate Headquarters in Plano, Texas. The groom is a graduate of Prairie Valley High School in Gowrie, Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, and mi-nor in Advertising. He now works independently as an Art Director and Designer at his own design studio by the name of Dreamers of Day, LLC in the heart of Dallas, Texas.

By Travis Nuss, Head Coach

The Southeast Valley cross country teams trav-elled to new terrain on Monday night to compete in the Saydel Invitational for the first time ever. Despite a new challenging course with warm and windy conditions, the Jaguars were able to come home with a third consecutive second place finish for the girls team and a third place finish for the boys team. C-M-B was the girls team champion, while South Hamilton and Madrid finished ahead of Southeast Valley in the boys race. Individually, senior Natalie Lambert won her first career cross country race, finishing the race in a time of 21:49. Erica Rittgers (22:22) and Josie Breitsprecher (25:26) were also medalists in the race finishing fourth and 19th respectively.

Anna Heatherington (26:00, 22nd) and Katara Jondle (27:35, 34th) rounded out the scoring for the Jag-uars. Emma Graves (28:49, 49th), Tessa Berg (29:17, 50th), Ryann Steburg (30:24, 61st) and Allie Berg (31:47, 72nd) were the next four Jaguars to cross the finish line in the girls race. Kate Dyer (73rd, 31:48), Hannah Fiala (75th, 32:20), Sarah Nahnsen (78th, 33:16), Leslie Housken (79th, 33:16), Hannah Peterson (86th, 35:43), Chelsea Grossnickle (87th, 35:47) and Kendall Sangren (89th, 39:27) all finished for the Southeast Valley girls. On the boys side, Spencer Warehime was the top finisher for the Jaguars, finishing fourth place with a time of 18:43. Teammate Josh Johnson was eight seconds be-hind Spencer with a time to medal with a fifth place fin-ish. Jacob DeBaun (20:19) was 20th in the race also good for a medal. Josh Carlson (28th, 21:08) and Patrick Breitsprecher (34th, 21:46) were the last two scorers for the Jaguars. Nathan Montgomery (38th, 22:02) and Todd Hamilton (40th, 22:06) were the displacement scorers for the Jaguars while freshman Ben Carlson (48th, 22:45) was the next Jaguar to finish. The Southeast Valley boys cross country team also had Lucas Pontius (68th, 24:34), Dalton Dencklau (69th, 24:40), Michael Vosberg (78th, 25:40), Ben Se-bring (79th, 25:41), and Isaiah Gibbs (80th, 25:46) finish the boys race.

Southeast Valley cross country teams continue strong campaign at SaydelGirls finish 2nd, Boys finish 3rd...

Michael Vosberg aims to stay ahead of the pack of runners behind him at the Saydel Invitational on Monday, Sept. 14. The Jaguar boys' cross country team finished in third place at the meet. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

Kayla Dolph of the Southeast Valley JVR Black squad bumps the ball to a potential teammate. The JVR Black squad split at Manson while JVR Teal split against Storm Lake, St. Mary's and East Sac County in Gowrie on Monday, Sept. 14. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

SV Cross Country continued on page 11...

Seniors Erica Rittgers, left, and Natalie Lambert, right, move through traffic during the Saydel Invitational on Monday, Sept. 14. Lambert won the race with a 21:49 time, while Rittgers earned fourth place to earn second place at the meet. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

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Erica Blair, Steven Fiebiger Erica Blair, Harcourt, and Steven Fiebiger, Day-ton are engaged. Parents of the couple are Tim and Staci Blair, Harcourt; Joe and Kim Fiebiger, Dayton. A September 26th wedding is planned. Erica is a 2012 graduate of Southeast Webster Grand and 2014 graduate of ICCC with a diploma in Web Tech. She is the owner of Blue Sky Photography in Day-ton and works part time for Maisie Leighs Photography, Fort Dodge. Steven is a 2010 graduate of Southeast Webster Grand and 2012 graduate of ICCC with a degree in Crim-inal Justice. He is employed at Northern Lights in Fort Dodge and is also a reserve police officer in Dayton.

Jaguars JV volleyball team defeats South Central Calhoun TitansBy Steve Kehoe, Assistant Coach The Southeast Valley junior varsity volley-ball team defeated the Titans of South Central Calhoun Thursday night at home by the scores of 25-17, 25-10, 15-7. While Southeast Valley began well enough, the team struggled to get their offense clicking during the second game, due to poor passing. However, they turned things around in the third game with tough serving and good coverage. The girls will host their own invitational on Sat-urday, Sept. 19 in Gowrie. Then the Jaguars will travel to West Bend on Monday, Sept. 21 to take on West Bend-Mallard and Newell-Fonda.

JVR Black volleyball team splits at Manson InviteBy Steve Kehoe, Assistant Coach The Southeast Valley Black JVR team split at Manson on Monday, Sept. 14. They were defeated by Alta-Aurelia by the scores of 15-20, 20-25. The girls struggled with serving and passing consistently against the Warriors. However, they turned things around in the sec-ond match and defeated Newell-Fonda, 3-0. The Jaguars won by the scores of 25-19, 20-15, and 15-10. The players who participated on Monday night were: Alexis Corell, Hanna DeVries, Kayla Dolph, Mi-caela Fevold, Anna Hanson, Chelsea Mitchell, Jolie Parle, Kanyon Pepples, Morgan Sorenson, Ramona Thompson, Hailey Tuel, Rylee Walker, Claire Whalen, and Kaleigh Winkler.

SV JVR volleyball team defeats Pocahontas,JVR Teal splits at homeBy Jessica Hector, Assistant Coach On Thursday, Sept. 10 the Jaguar Junior Varsity Reserve volleyball team traveled to Pocahontas to take on the Indians in one conference match. The Jaguars were clicking on all cylinders against the Indians, winning 25-14 and 25-22 in the best of three match. The Jaguars also won two matches in extra time against the Indians. Then, the Jaguar JVR squads were at two sites on Monday, September 14. JVR Black went to Manson and JVR Teal host-ed St. Marys and East Sac County in Gowrie. The Jags opened the night with a powerful win over Storm Lake St. Marys with scores of 25-18 and 25-18. In the nightcap, the Jags had trouble bouncing back against East Sac County. East Sacs serving proved too powerful for the Jaguar passers, as the Jags lost in two games 25-6 and 25-13. The JVR Jaguars are now 6-4 on the season. Members of the JVR Teal team consisted of Karissa Hiesterman, Megan Seil, Vanessa Scott, Ebony Scott, Sina Schmidt, Bre Hartley, Sammy Alphs, Lanie Nelsen, Savanah Seehusen, and Shelby Hofbauer.

Kayla Dolph of the Southeast Valley JVR Black squad bumps the ball to a potential teammate. The JVR Black squad split at Manson while JVR Teal split against Storm Lake, St. Mary's and East Sac County in Gowrie on Monday, Sept. 14. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

Leah Gibbons of the Southeast Valley JV volley-ball team targets her shot during Thursday's match be-tween the Jaguars and the South Central Calhoun Titans in Gowrie. The girls defeated the Titans, 3-0. Photo by Lisa Peterson.

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Editor's note: John Mitchell was raised to help others, became a lawyer, was elected to the State Legis-lature, became Speaker of the House and eventually the Attorney General of Iowa. He was able to help farmers and others during the Great Depression in Iowa.

I sat quietly at my desk as memories came flood-ing back. After leaving a message with my secretary not to be disturbed, I easily let my mind drift back to the days when hard times were upon the land. Times the like of which the people had never seen or even imagined. At the time it had all seemed so impossible that everyone was in such bad shape financially. The streets that once boasted of being paved with gold now only ap-peared to be what they were wood, gravel and stone. The Depression came as unexpectedly as does a sudden and tragic death. Wages having risen in the 1920's, everyone believed this to be the beginning of a golden era. Credit buying quickly became a way of life. The stock market was steadily on the gain and people were making good returns on their investments. Then the bottom dropped. The stock mar-ket crashed due to over speculation and credit buying. Twelve million Americans had lost their jobs, and even worse, started losing their homes because their rent could not be paid. In Iowa, as across the nation, our farmers were in deep trouble as they began losing the land which had been in their families for generations, land which their great-grandfathers had homesteaded. The public auctions which were held were a terrible ordeal. All the farmers who attended would watch as neighbor after neighbor would have their property sold for back taxes and mort-gage defaults. Frustrations were many and tempers were hot. But there were people who cared about what was happening and I was glad I was one man who de-cided to take affirmative steps so that farmers would no longer have to suffer the loss of their land. I was raised in a family constantly concerned with helping others. My father, a lawyer, had a natural in-clination towards aiding others and preventing injustices. Having learned all of this as a boy, I decided to follow in my father's footsteps, attending Loras and the University of Iowa to become a lawyer. I started my practice in Humboldt and later be-came a partner in my father's law firm. Yet I was still not satisfied. I wanted to do more than just talk about the problems I saw. I entered the field of politics and was elected to the State Legislature. I spent hours talking to people trying to rectify the situation. As in any problem, I was met with help from some and opposition from others who enjoyed being able

to buy land at such cheap prices at someone else's ex-pense. Even with all this I drafted a bill and introduced it into the House. This bill extended for two years the closing of mortgages on farm land. It was a strong bill, one that certainly received the support of the farmers and the publics sympathy. In fact the farmers marched on the Capitol grounds to demonstrate their approval. The bill passed and after receiving approval of the House and Senate, was signed into law by the Gover-nor. As time passed I moved on to become Speaker of the House and Attorney General of Iowa. But even years later I will still tell you my proudest and greatest ac-complishment was being able to pass the bill that let our farmers keep their land during those terrible years called the Great Depression.

Former Humboldt attorney drafts billthat closed mortgages for two yearsDuring depression on Iowa farm land. . .

Fall corn harvesting. . . Southern Webster County (Gowrie area) farmers have finished some corn harvesting in the fall.

Free Youth Field Day Oct. 10at Brushy Creek; reservationsneeded on first come basis Webster County Conservation, Pheasants For-ever, Whitetails Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited and Nation-al Wild Turkey Federation are sponsoring Youth Field Day Saturday, Oct. 10 at Brushy Creek SRA. Participants 10 years old and older will spend 1.5 hours with each group learning about their specific sport. Lunch will be provided. There will be no charge but there is a maximum of 30 students accepted for the event. Reservations are on a first come, first serve basis. To register call Webster County Conservation at 515-576-4258. The program begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.

SV 8th grade football team defeats Ogden 28-6, 7th graders fall 14-8By Jeff Miller The 7th/8th grade Jaguar football team opened their season on Thursday, Sept. 10 at Ogden. Usually the 7th grade plays first, 8th grade second but Ogden school rules plays 8th grade first. In a bit of revenge from the previous year's loss in the last seconds of the game, the 8th graders imposed their will on the Bulldogs and scored a convincing 28-6 win. Carter Lane opened the scoring with a 12 yard scamper up the middle for a 6-0 lead. Hunter Kruse ran a QB sweep for the two point conversion making the score 8-0. After a good defensive stand, Hunter Kruse hit Chase Sweiter for 22 yard pass completion. Hunter Kruse added the two points on another QB sweep putting the score at 16-0. After halftime, the Jags wore down a bit after a sustained drive by the Bulldogs making the score, 16-6. The Jag offense answered with a swing pass from Hunter Kruse to Ross Halligan, who scampered down the sideline for a 50 yard TD run making the score, 22-6. The Jags put the icing on the cake with a four yard TD run by Calvin Williamson putting the score at 28-6. After the 8th grade game, the Southeast Valley 7th grad-ers got their first taste of junior high football. After a tough battle, the Jags came up a bit short, 14-8. After a couple of defensive stands, the Jaguars struck first with a 60 yard TD toss to Memphis Simpson from quarterback Sam Hanson. Hanson added the two point conversion making the score 8-0. The Ogden offense scored right before half knotting the score at 8-8. The offense stalled in the second half while the Ogden offense hit an outside pass for the go ahead lead.

Todd Hamilton competes at the Saydel Invitational on Monday, Sept. 14. Hamilton and the Southeast Valley cross country team earned a second place finish at the meet. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

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Isaiah was followed by teammates Aaron True (82nd, 26:29), Dillon Sytsma (85th, 26:46), Max Davis (92nd, 27:25) and Jordan Lane (97th, 32:37). Overall, the Jaguars showed a lot of mental toughness in this race. With several runners feeling under the weather and a few more nursing some minor injuries, the perse-verance and competitive nature of both teams really came through in Saydel. Southeast Valley will get some much needed re-covery and practice time before competing in their next meet on Monday, Sept. 21 in Humboldt. The Jaguars then travel to Hickory Park, east of Nevada, on Monday, Sept. 28.

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Todd Hamilton competes at the Saydel Invitational on Monday, Sept. 14. Hamilton and the Southeast Valley cross country team earned a second place finish at the meet. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

Ryann Steburg and Tessa Berg keep pace during the Saydel Invitational on Monday, Sept. 14. The girls' cross country team finished in second place at the meet. Photo by Lynn Rittgers.

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The swearing in of new board members Sean Stewart and Allan Wicklein, along with Todd Lund-gren, the organizing of subcommittees and the return of DECA were the main features of the September meeting of the Southeast Webster-Grand District School Board on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Southeast Valley Middle School Library in Burnside. The eventful meeting ran from 6:30 p.m. to ap-proximately 9 p.m., but was broken up into three separate meetings. The Annual Meeting began at 6:30 p.m. and concluded at 7 p.m. The Finance, Activity Account, Hot Lunch Financial, Special Education and Transportation reports were addressed to the board. The Transportation Report saw the most discus-sion, as Transportation Director Curt Wiles stated that transportation costs are down. Wiles gave update on bus-es from September, as Bus No. 2 and 18 are obsolete and are currently used for spare parts. Bus No. 14 no longer fits the schools needs, but is still usable. Wiles also promoted the use of computer-ized routing, and roughly calculated that the costs would be $7,500 for each district. Wiles also addressed bus drivers, and revealed that the district is short of drivers, three less than before. Six of the 12 drivers, according to Wiles, have full time positions in the school. Wiles also said that re-tirements will be coming up within the next five years. Recently, there have been times where Wiles has had to be a little creative with transportation and routes, citing taking the JV football team to Ogden with one driver on route to their after-school routes and pick-ing them up with another driver after the individual driver concluded their bus route. Wiles also brought up that theres some worry about busing during homecoming activities as well. Board President Dustin Hector thanked Curt for coming in and giving an assessment of transportation. Soon after, the meeting adjourned and went into the regular board meeting. The school board approved the contracts to have Jori Lizer to be the coach for DECA, and Jessica Hector to sponsor the junior high student council. The board then discussed moving and retrofit-ting the Boxholm baskets to be later placed in the new Dayton Gymnasium. The Castenson family offered to donate for movement of the baskets, but the board concluded that

it can wait until the Boxholm school building situation is taken cared for and get a confirmed cost. The school board vowed to stay in contact with the Castenson family during the process. Before adjournment of the retiring board, long-time school board member Danny Hansen thanked the board and commended the board members for doing whats best for the district. Hector thanked Hansen for his many years of service and dedication to the district. Hector also thanked Rob Scott for filling in as well and appreciated reaching out to the voters. The retiring board then adjourned. The new board called to order after a brief recess. After Flickinger called the meeting to order, Lundgren, Stewart and Wicklein were sworn in to new, four year terms. Lundgren, a longtime member of the Southeast Webster-Grand school board, was immediately nominat-ed for president. Lundgren was unanimously approved by the board, based on his extensive experience. Stewart and Lundgren ran unopposed in the recent school board election, while Wicklein ran unop-posed after board member Rob Scott dropped out. The school board set the meeting dates and times for every third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Burnside library. After Lundgren became president and the board motioned to keep Dave Hainzinger as Vice-President and Karla Flickinger as Board Secretary and Treasurer, the principals and Superintendent Rich Stoffers gave their reports. Dayton Elementary School Principal Dan Grandfield reported that the number of students totaled 258. According to Grandfield, the number is down eight students from the 2014-15 school year. Grandfield said that Emergency Flip Charts for elementary school (same as middle school) will be in ev-ery room for every teacher. Grandfield mentioned that the school year is off to a great start and the daycare has been awesome as well. Southeast Valley Middle School Principal Dan Fox was next, reporting that there are a lot of activities planned for homecoming week, but not as much as high school. Fox said that each classroom will have a door decorating contest. The goal during homecoming, ac-

Stewart, Wicklein join SWG School Board, subcommittes formed

The Youth Environmental Agriculture Field Days program recently earned the Governors STEM Ad-visory Council Seal of Approval. Eight other programs from around Iowa also received this STEM Seal of Ap-proval. This STEM Seal of Approval is given to pro-grams that enculturate, sustain and spread STEM think-ing. Receiving this seal is significant because its a brand new recognition for STEM programs by the Governors STEM Advisory Council, said North Central Regional STEM Manager Paul Gibbins. For more than 20 years, the Youth Environmen-tal Agriculture Field Days program has been educating fifth grade students of Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster and Wright county school districts. The main focus of this program is to educate youth about agriculture with interactive, hands-on ses-sions. The students arent just sitting around listen-ing to what is going on, they are involved in the learn-ing of it, said Cheryll Entriken, 4-H youth coordinator in Hamilton County. Thats part of the wonderful thing about STEM -- the more involved the young people are the more they retain and the more they get out of it. Youth Environmental Agriculture Field Days started after Entriken and her director, at the time, trav-eled to Minnesota to attend a similar program, said En-triken. We thought that this was something we could take on and that we could do. Hopefully we are opening some eyes into what agriculture is and how everything they do in agriculture is related to STEM, said Entriken. This program does have value and its proven that it has value and it is on track to what our governor is asking to be done in educa-tion across our state. After hearing about the Governors STEM Ad-visory Council Seal of Approval Entriken thought this program would be perfect to receive this recognition. My hope is now with the STEM Seal of Ap-proval that they will get more attention from more of the schools in the area and that they will be able to expand

their reach, said Gibbins. This is one of those programs that has been going on in Iowa State University Extension and Outreach for years and years and its great that they can get the recognition, statewide that they are so humbly not seeking. A lot of work goes into making a program like this happen. Entriken works with Linda Cline, 4-H youth co-ordinator in Webster County; Jessica Norman, 4-H youth coordinator in Wright County; Kiersten Beilke, 4-H youth coordinator in Humboldt County; ISU Extension and Outreach youth program specialists; conservation departments from all four counties; Public Health nurses for all four counties; and NEW Cooperative, along with multiple volunteers and sponsors to further the Youth En-vironmental Agriculture Field Days program and to pro-vide the best, research-based information for the youth. They work really hard and its nice to see ISU

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cording to Fox, is to get the buses out of Gowrie after coronation. Fox reported that the kids enjoyed it last year. This year, Fox said, the parade will be simplified. Fox also discussed the positive effects of bit.ly, noting that it speeds up the process of attaining informa-tion for school related projects. Fox noted that the staff and students have been relaxed, and will look to improve. Fox is also looking forward to the rest of the year. Superintendent Rich Stoffers gave his report, starting by congratulating Lundgren, Stewart and Wick-lein, while complimenting Hector for guiding the school through the whole grade sharing agreement. Stoffers said that the baseball fields top priority for improvement is tiling and that the Boxholm building needs to be winterized. There has been some personnel changes, and Stoffers reported that they have been good. Stoffers also reported that the TLC (the Iowa Teacher Leadership and Compensation) Grant is a living, breathing document and will be finished soon with the help of Prairie Val-leys Bethany Rippentrop-Nuss and Southeast Webster-Grands Janet Wills. The board commented that missing the grants deadline is not an option. After administrative communications, the sub-committees were promptly created. Lundgren will be the Iowa Association of School Boards delegate for SWG, while Hector and Lundgren will represent the district for the Webster and Boone County Boards. Stewart and Wicklein will represent SWG in the Iowa School Improvement Advisory Com